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Think Like a Commoner dispels such prejudices by explaining the rich history and promising future of the commons - an ageless paradigm of cooperation and fairness that is re-making our world. With graceful prose and dozens of fascinating stories, Bollier describes the quiet revolution that is pioneering practical forms of self-governance and ...
The vocabulary of commons has, moreover, provided anti-corporate and anti-capitalist movements a way of talking about collective ownership without invoking a bad history--without conjuring up “communism,” conventionally narrowly understood as a command
eric schwartzman: "Three examples where service oriented community network business models fall short: 1. When Buyers Need Protection – The more important relationships are to successful transactions, the more risky peer-to-peer transactions are. When there is very little promise of future revenues, sellers are much less motivated to perform.
1. "Open source hardware has a set of business models that include the following: Design distribution — Companies can pack sets of designs and sell the distribution just like Linux distributions. The OpenTech CD-ROM is an example of this method. Design technical support — Experts can give support for Open designs.
IP Maximalists. IP Maximalists are those who want to strengthen Intellectual Property protections to the maximum amount possible, to protect private monopoly interests, in disregard of any human cost, such as the millions who die from too expensive IP-protected medecines. Source: overview by Prof. Susan K. Sell, Susan.sell@gmail-com.
Characteristics. "Local ownership turns out to matter for economic development in at least five ways: • Locally owned businesses generally contribute more to the “economic multiplier” than nonlocal businesses – which translates into more income, wealth, jobs, and tax payments – because the former spend more money locally.
The well-established theory of public goods carries the marks of bygone eras. The first era—from the late 1940s to the late 1970s—saw the state playing a leading role in the economy, even in market economies. The second—starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s—was marked by a rebalancing between markets and states.
